Contrary to fathers' rights propaganda, father perpetrators (along with stepdads and caretaker boyfrends) dominate the most vicious crimes against children: sexual assault, abusive head trauma, murder-suicides, crimes involving gun violence, and other similar forms of physically violent/fatal child abuse. And as more dads are providing child care (either because mom is working and can't find other care, or because dads are increasingly getting unsupervised visitation/custody through the family courts), more dads are are being found guilty of basic child abuse and neglect as well.

10/25/15 -Because of severe time constraints, we are no longer able to do regular updates at Dastardly Dads. We will occasionally post articles on general studies on child abuse/domestic violence, news pieces involving abusive fathers in custody/visitation situations. We wil also be updating the Killer Dads and Custody lists, while looking for a better, more accessible platform for the data.

7/11/16 - We started this blog on June 24, 2009--just over seven years. And like all good things, it's time to bring this project to a close. It has served its purpose. We have close to 10,500 postings regarding fathers and child abuse, with hundred of those cases being enabled by the family courts, social services, and others in authority. The documentation is clear. It is now time to stop documenting and put that energy into changing the situation that puts thousands of mothers and children at risk every day.

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

From whom was this murdered boy kidnapped? The mother? This is never explained here. Nor are we told anything about this boy's mother at all. Clearly UNNAMED DAD was a dangerous and volatile man, and there was obviously good reason for him not having custody.

KEENESBURG - A father and son are dead following an hours-long standoff in the Weld County town of Keenesburg, according to Sgt. Sean Standridge of the Weld County Sheriff's Office.

Standridge said deputies tried to arrest a man on a kidnapping warrant around 6 p.m. Monday at his home in the 400 block of E. Kiser Ave. When deputies tried to serve the warrant, the man barricaded himself inside his home with his teen son, Standridge said.

The warrant was for an alleged kidnapping that occurred on July 30. The woman involved in that incident is okay, according to the sheriff's office, but no other details about the alleged kidnapping are being released at this time.

SWAT was also called out to the house after the man barricaded himself inside, and reverse notification calls were made, telling residents to avoid the area. Evacuations of surrounding residences were not ordered, according to the sheriff's department.
Deputies responded to the house searching for a kidnapping suspect.

Weld County negotiators were in constant contact with the juvenile inside the home and tried to get him to come out of the home.

"The juvenile refused to leave the residence and told negotiators that he was there on his own accord," according to the Weld County Sheriff's Office.

Standridge said three people had been going in and out of the home around the time the standoff began. Deputies were able to safely get the three people away from the home. The ages of those individuals and their relationship to the suspect is not known at this time.

Shortly after, the Weld County Sheriff's Department spokesperson said they discovered two bodies inside the house on the floor with gunshot wounds. The bodies were discovered by a camera that was deployed inside the house. The SWAT team then went inside and found both the suspect and the juvenile were dead.
Investigators on Kiser Ave. now taking pictures in front of home where man and juvenile found dead.

Investigators are still trying to figure out what led up to their deaths. The juvenile is related to the suspect, Standridge said.

The Weld County Coroner's Office will identify the suspect and juvenile and will determine the causes of their deaths. Their names will not be released to the public until the family has been notified.

The Weld County Sheriff's Office said this is an ongoing investigation and there is no danger to the public.